According to Omar Faby from the United States, the Canadian freighter with 17 people on board stays on the ice on Lake Erie near Buffalo, New York. From Wednesday he froze in water.
On Thursday, Faba stated that efforts to release her brought “progress”. However, in the evening CBC News said that the work was canceled. He said that the plan is to resume work on Friday and, hopefully, slow down.
The 202-meter manitoulin dropped the wheat load and sailed back to Sarnia in Ontario, when he got stuck in ice, which was quickly formed at negative temperatures off the coast of Buffalo.
And there it remains, creating a striking view of the lake surrounded on all sides with ice and snow.
“We just didn't have such a bad winter for a long time. Now that we have her and people have not seen her for some time, they ask: “What is happening?” ” – said Paul Angelillo, specialist in the search and rescue specialist at the Coast Guard in Buffalo.
Fraheses from large lakes are usually able to move on surface ice in winter, but sometimes they encounter ice, which is too hard or thick to break through, he said.
The coastal guard assured that Manitoulin was not damaged, and the captain and crew were safe.